Issue 28, 2020

Development of mechanical properties of regenerated cellulose beads during drying as investigated by atomic force microscopy

Abstract

The mechanical properties as well as the size changes of swollen cellulose beads were measured in situ during solvent evaporation by atomic force microscopy (AFM) indentation measurement combined with optical microscopy. Three factors are proposed to govern the mechanical properties of the cellulose beads in the swollen state and during drying: (i) the cellulose concentration, (ii) the interaction between the cellulose entities, (iii) the heterogeneity of the network structure within the cellulose beads.

Graphical abstract: Development of mechanical properties of regenerated cellulose beads during drying as investigated by atomic force microscopy

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 May 2020
Accepted
15 Jun 2020
First published
16 Jun 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Soft Matter, 2020,16, 6457-6462

Development of mechanical properties of regenerated cellulose beads during drying as investigated by atomic force microscopy

H. Li, K. Mystek, L. Wågberg and T. Pettersson, Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 6457 DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00866D

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